{"collection":"cfu","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/cfu/mtc/mtc43.htm","path":"cfu/mtc/mtc43.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/cfu/mtc/mtc43.htm","text":"More Translations from the Chinese, by Arthur Waley, [1919]\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Can the single cup of wine\n We drank this morning have made my heart so glad?\n This is a joy that comes only from within,\n Which those who witness will never understand.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0I have but two brothers\n And bitterly grieved that both were far away;\n This Spring, back through the Gorges of Pa,\n I have come to them safely, ten thousand leagues.\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two sisters I had\n Who had put up their hair, but not twined the sash;\u00a01\n Yesterday both were married and taken away\n By good husbands in whom I may well trust.\n I am freed at last from the thoughts that made me grieve,\n As though a sword had cut a rope from my neck.\n And limbs grow light when the heart sheds its care:\n Suddenly I seem to be flying up to the sky!\nHsing-chien, drink your cup of wine\n Then set it down and listen to what I say.\n Do not sigh that your home is far away;\n Do not mind if your salary is small.\n Only pray that as long as life lasts,\n You and I may never be forced to part.\n73:1 I.e., got married.","title":"More Translations from the Chinese: Po Ch\u00fc-i: To His...","type":"page"}